The Explorers (18-6) are the No. 11 seed in the West. They will face sixth-seed Notre Dame in a second-round game in Austin, Texas. Palm has the Wildcats (16-10) as one of the two 12 seeds in the Midwest region. Nova would face the other No. 12 seed Baylor in a first-round game in Dayton, Ohio.

Palm has a total of six Atlantic Ten teams in the tourney.

Butler is projected as the Midwest region’s No. 3 seed. Virginia Commonwealth is the No. 8 seed in the South. St. Louis is ninth in the West, while Charlotte is 11th in the East.

Keith Pompey has been an Inquirer reporter since September 2004. He took over the Sixers beat in the summer of 2013 after covering the Temple basketball and football for the previous three years. Pompey also previously covered the Penn and Drexel men’s basketball team and Villanova football team after initially focusing on high school sports.